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Use and Users of Digital Resources
This report from the Center for Studies in Higher Education makes a valuable contribution by examining how much and in what ways instructors in universities and colleges are actually using online instructional resources.  It would be useful if the methodology and the survey tools were extended to other institutions. _____JH ______ A build it and they will come approach to many university digitization initiatives has precluded systematic investigations of the demand for these resources. Those who fund From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on April 29, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Three Webmontag events today
Just a note: Today there are »Webmontag«-Events in Berlin (28 attendees), Munich (33 attendees) and Bielefeld (5 attendees).Related: From owrede_log on April 29, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Fetish: Super Suspension
This month's fetish includes Scott's super-shock-absorbing bike, LG's anti-drunk-dialing phone and Excalibur's ultra-buoyant barcalounger. By Brian Lam from Wired magazine. From Wired News on April 29, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Six People at School Face Riot Charges
The arrests came after a student protest over the removal of the principal turned violent and one student bit a police officer, officials said. From New York Times: Education on April 29, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

â€œEmpowered and Lovinâ€™ Itâ€
Tonight and tomorrow Alan November and I will be together with our Seton Hall executive Ed.D. students for the last time to reflect on their semester of blogging, wiki-ing, Skype-ing etc. and to get them thinking about how to move forward with these technologies. I’ve been doing some reflecting on their work myself, feeling bad [...] From weblogged News on April 29, 2006 at 1:47 a.m..

Write a Book With Errors
(via Leigh Blackall) So here’s an interesting idea from Teemu Leinonen: I go on and suggest a new school book paradigm. Turn everything around. Write a school book that has purposefully inserted factual errors. Make it as uncertain as possible, so that the student needs to seek conversations to make any sense out of it. Make the point [...] From weblogged News on April 29, 2006 at 1:47 a.m..

What makes an enterprise wiki?
Mark Choate has written an article that asks: what makes an enterprise wiki? To quote: But if we look at wikis in an enterprise context, we have to confront two important questions: What's the difference between a wiki and a... From Column Two on April 29, 2006 at 1:47 a.m..

Some new photos
.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } For those of you that are interested, there's a few new photos on my Flickr account. From Ten Reasons Why on April 29, 2006 at 1:46 a.m..